Halloween 2012
It was an ordinary monday evening when Sue decided to remove the old putty from the bathtub of the house. The constant humidity in combination with a broken filter in the windowless bathroom had left its mildewed marks.
After a while of fiddling around with a special "putty removal tool" which didn't really work she angrily grabbed for her pocket knife and sliced through the old rubber. Black stained pieces after black stained pieces fell and her enthusiasm rose when unexpectedly the door bell rang. She had just wanted to cut elegantly round the bathtub's corner. Disturbance!
With the black smeared pocket knife she hasted to the entrance and nearly stumbled over her cat that - as it was its habit - immediately shot out of the door when she opened it.
"Yes? What is it?" Dumbfounded she stared at the two children with plastic bags in their hands that stared equally dumbfounded back at her. One had a "Scream" mask. Now it dawned on her, but both weren't saying anything. Weren't you supposed to say "trick or treat"?
"Eh, don't be scared, he always does that..." Sue called the tomcat back.
"Hmmm, I don't know what we still have in the kitchen. Do you like apples or clementines more?"
The child with the mask still said nothing. The other one looked a bit scared, but said: "Clementines?"
She ran to the kitchen and back to make sure the cat wouldn't escape again and threw the three clementines in the bag of the unmasked kid. At least it could talk.
"Oh! Wait, we still have chocolate!" She raised her hand with a friendly grin and had the impression the child with the mask stepped a bit back. She didn't quite figure out why. Did she look that dishevelled?
When she came back this time she distributed the chocolate candies equally in both plastic bags. Somehow she pitied that mute child with the mask meanwhile that didn't seem to feel that well in its costume.
"We have a cat, too at home. She's called Minka." The unmasked child got a bit friendlier. The chocolate, probably.
"So so, well, have some more fun then."
When Sue closed the door again and went back to the bathroom to search for her pocket knife she realized she still had the smeared thing in her hand.
Next time I should dress like an axe murderer or something like that right away.
Har har har.
Poor kids xD. Hope the chocolate helped.
After a while of fiddling around with a special "putty removal tool" which didn't really work she angrily grabbed for her pocket knife and sliced through the old rubber. Black stained pieces after black stained pieces fell and her enthusiasm rose when unexpectedly the door bell rang. She had just wanted to cut elegantly round the bathtub's corner. Disturbance!
With the black smeared pocket knife she hasted to the entrance and nearly stumbled over her cat that - as it was its habit - immediately shot out of the door when she opened it.
"Yes? What is it?" Dumbfounded she stared at the two children with plastic bags in their hands that stared equally dumbfounded back at her. One had a "Scream" mask. Now it dawned on her, but both weren't saying anything. Weren't you supposed to say "trick or treat"?
"Eh, don't be scared, he always does that..." Sue called the tomcat back.
"Hmmm, I don't know what we still have in the kitchen. Do you like apples or clementines more?"
The child with the mask still said nothing. The other one looked a bit scared, but said: "Clementines?"
She ran to the kitchen and back to make sure the cat wouldn't escape again and threw the three clementines in the bag of the unmasked kid. At least it could talk.
"Oh! Wait, we still have chocolate!" She raised her hand with a friendly grin and had the impression the child with the mask stepped a bit back. She didn't quite figure out why. Did she look that dishevelled?
When she came back this time she distributed the chocolate candies equally in both plastic bags. Somehow she pitied that mute child with the mask meanwhile that didn't seem to feel that well in its costume.
"We have a cat, too at home. She's called Minka." The unmasked child got a bit friendlier. The chocolate, probably.
"So so, well, have some more fun then."
When Sue closed the door again and went back to the bathroom to search for her pocket knife she realized she still had the smeared thing in her hand.
Next time I should dress like an axe murderer or something like that right away.
Har har har.
Poor kids xD. Hope the chocolate helped.